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Next on my to-do list is a trunk show at Creative Hair Design’s Holiday Shopping Event. This is the salon’s third year putting on the Holiday Shopping Event, and it’s getting bigger and better every year. There will be lots of product specials, and the girls at the salon will be putting together gift baskets and making up gift certificates for the holidays. In the midst of all this other commerce will be little ol’ me, with a couple of tables and my best jewelry for sale. For the next month, I’ll be getting ready for the trunk show, making all sorts of new pieces, and designing entirely new collections for the holidays. Come on by and see all the special new gifts and goodies.
A new collection of Kathryn Velasco Custom Jewelry pieces is now on display at Marelli’s Glass Artistry and Gifts in Rockbrook Village in Omaha. The collection features some beautiful natural stones in a range of earth tones—reds, browns, greens and golds—plus some black onyx and quartz crystal pieces, some natural turquoise, and a few other surprises. I’ve been working more sterling silver into my natural stone pieces for what I think is a very nice effect, and as usual, I’m still leaning toward the bigger and bolder look. Lots of fun.
This weekend is the Autumn Festival, November 6th through the 9th at the Qwest Center Omaha. It’s a big indoor show with many vendors of handmade goods and there should be plenty of good holiday shopping. I’ve got lots of new designs and many new pieces that aren’t posted in my web store yet, so come on out and check it out in person.
AUTUMN FESTIVAL: AN ARTS & CRAFTS AFFAIR
OMAHA — NOV. 6, 7, 8, 9, 2008
Qwest Center Omaha – Omaha, NE
Thurs. & Fri. 11 AM – 9 PM
Sat. 9 AM – 7 PM / Sun. 10 AM – 5 PM
It’s coming this weekend, and there’s an open-door policy: it’s the Kathryn Velasco Custom Jewelry Holiday Open House! Saturday (10/25) from 10am to 5pm and Sunday (10/26) from 1pm to 5pm, my dear mother, Karen Verdirame, is hosting an open house featuring my work. This will be the third or fourth open house we’ve had at her home, and they’ve all been so much fun. It’s a great way to get started on your holiday shopping. Most of my pieces are one-of-a-kind or limited editions, and I do custom orders too. Either way, handmade jewelry makes a wonderful, unique gift. If you’re in the Omaha area this weekend, we’d love to see you. Stop on by! Drop me a line if you have any questions: kmvelasco@gmail.com.
Tomorrow afternoon, I am participating in a multi-vendor event for Heartland Family Service. I’ll be one of four vendors gathering for a shopping party, so the invitees can get a jump on their holiday shopping and we can all give something back, too. Each vendor will be donating 10% of the day’s sales back to the Heartland Family Service Friends Guild in cash or product for the 2009 “Carnival of Love” gala. So I’ll be meeting a new group of potential customers, hopefully gettings some sales, and doing a little bit of good all at the same time. Pretty good deal. Of course, scheduling genius that I am, I’ve given myself not even 48 hours between this event and my next show…<sigh>…Oh well. Sleep is overrated. If you’re in the Omaha area and would like to check out this event, it’s going to be on Thursday afternoon from 1-6pm, and it’s being hosted by Kim Lubeck. She lives at 13627 Nicholas Street.
Want to know what’s making me so busy these days? One of the biggest and best reasons I’m running myself ragged is a recent partnership with Omaha’s Dundee Gallery, located at 50th & Underwood Avenue. This beautiful gallery, which features lots of great local and regional artists, has recently added Kathryn Velasco Custom Jewelry to their roster. There are now quite a few KVCJ pieces available at the Dundee Gallery, the result of which is an alarming depletion of my on-hand stock! 
But all is well, because I’m busily making lots of new, pretty things for my upcoming shows, and Jean Imray, the Dundee’s owner, is doing a smashing job of introducing her customers to my work and selling my pieces right out her door. So our relationship is off to a roaring start, and I couldn’t be more thrilled to have met Jean. My work and her gallery seem to be a great fit, and I’m so excited for the future. Many thanks to Jean for her enthusiastic welcome. If you’re in the Dundee neighborhood, pop on in and take a look!
Oh, there has just been so much going on lately at Kathryn Velasco Custom Jewelry. I’ve been meeting with stores and galleries, making new and interesting pieces, preparing for a hectic holiday show schedule, and trying to squeeze in a tiny personal life on the side! There are some exciting things coming up, like a partnership with another gallery set to kick off with a couple of events there in November, and then a trunk show of my work at my favorite local salon & spa in December. I couldn’t be happier with the way my work is being received around town. Now I just have to make sure there’s enough of my work to go around! So I’ve been busy in my studio, trying to create all sorts of brand new and original things (since I’m not too big on repeating myself). Unfortunately, being creative on command doesn’t always work so well, so I’m also trying to locate a more cooperative muse. But all things considered, busy is good, and I’m proud and a little bit awed that so many people seem to be recognizing my work all at once. Thanks to everyone who’s been so supportive. Future posts will include info on the individual shows and galleries that are figuring prominently in my life at the moment, so that you can check out my work in person if you’d like to!
Ok, so I had planned to be at the Taste of West O a couple of weekends ago, but my plans were foiled by an unpleasant illness that dogged me the entire week leading up to the show and did not allow me to participate in the end. I won’t trouble you with the details, nor would I wish to relive them, but suffice it to say that the timing was most unfortunate and I spent quite a few days without leaving my house. In any event, I later learned that a few people went out there and looked for me, and I was so sorry that I wasn’t there to greet them—in the first place, it was really flattering to hear that people went to that show looking for me in particular, and in the second place, I hated that I had scheduled the show and then was unable to attend. It just hasn’t been a good summer for shows for me. I suppose the tide is due to turn, and this fall all the planets will align for a trouble-free show.
Which brings me to topic #2: my next scheduled show is the Huffman Productions Autumn Festival, to be held November 6th through the 9th at the Qwest Center Omaha. It’s a big indoor show with many vendors of handmade goods and should be a popular holiday shopping event. I’m planning a few new lines and some limited edition items for this show and should be all stocked up with goodies. Also, if you’re thinking of attending, please e-mail me: I have coupons for a discount off the entry fee and I will be happy to send you some.
AUTUMN FESTIVAL: AN ARTS & CRAFTS AFFAIR
OMAHA — NOV. 6, 7, 8, 9, 2008
Qwest Center Omaha – Omaha, NE
Thurs. & Fri. 11 AM – 9 PM
Sat. 9 AM – 7 PM / Sun. 10 AM – 5 PM
Feel like shopping? Need a gift? I’ve just listed some new items in my store, so click on over and check it out.
Turquoise Rondelles Necklace
I am delighted to announce that select pieces of Kathryn Velasco Custom Jewelry will now be available at the Adam Whitney Gallery in my hometown. The Adam Whitney is a cutting-edge art gallery in the heart of the city. From their website: “…Located in Omaha, Nebraska, the Adam Whitney Gallery is home to an outstanding collection of fine art, sculpture, ceramics, glass and designer jewelry from regionally, nationally and internationally acclaimed artists.” You can visit their website at adamwhitney.com, which they promise will be fully updated by the end of the summer; in the meantime, please visit them in person at Countryside Village, 87th &Pacific Streets, for your shopping pleasure. I am thrilled and honored to be included among the talented artists represented at the Adam Whitney. Many thanks to Stacia and Deb!
Sardonyx Links Bracelet
Are you in a shopping mood? Do you need a gift for a birthday or a graduate? Give something unique and handmade. I’ve been posting new items in my online store. Click on over and check it out.
Red-Orange Motion Bracelet
New items listed on Etsy.
I’ve been working hard to list a lot of new pieces in my online store, so click on over if you’d like to see what’s there. There are some great turquoise and coral pieces. Many of these pieces were displayed at my last show. I will continue to list new things in my store until I get everything up there.
Thanks for looking!
I was just messing around with the photo editing stuff and this was the picture I happened to select—and it’s a piece I really love. The stone is called chrysacolla and it’s a gorgeous green and blue with really vibrant tones. Want to take a closer look? Click here.
I’m in the process of listing several new items in my online shop at KathrynsCustomJewels.Etsy.com. Click on over and take a look! This lastest batch includes a lot of pendants and some earrings—fun and easy pieces to wear. Enjoy!
It’s pretty cold and gloomy outside, but this necklace makes me feel like going to an island party. It’s green coral of the most luscious color and huge dimension. It’s a really wonderfully substantial piece. And if anything I might wear today could change the weather from dreary to sunny, this would be it.
I make jewelry. I modeled this one last night (on Valentine’s Day, when I had dinner with my parents and my grandmother rather than my husband, who was busy teaching guitar—very romantic for me). Don’t feel too bad for me, though—we had our own Valentine’s Day later on…. Yup, we shared a bottle of wine and watched a Brad Pitt movie. Pretty good evening, in my opinion.
